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Shayna thinks puppetry is innovation of materials. 

Shayna Strype (she/her) is a theater, film and puppetry artist based in Brooklyn. Her solo show MINE will be presented in Dixon Place's upcoming mainstage season. Her short puppet film, "Pink Fluffy Hope", was awarded Best NY Film in the LA Puppetry Guild's 48 hr Film Festival in April. Shayna was an Artist in Residence at the Object Movement Puppetry Festival in 2018 where she created a multimedia puppetry piece called Antrak. Last summer, she was Director of Puppetry for Pig Iron and Mimi Lien's new work, Superterrranean. She teaches theater at Friends Seminary in Manhattan. MFA Sarah Lawrence College. Find out more @woosieparty and shaynastrype.com